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Current events of
September 27, 2008
(
2008-09-27
)
(Saturday)
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A
bomb blast
in
Delhi
,
India
kills 2 and injures 23.
(TOI)
2008 Atlantic hurricane season
: Tropical Storm Kyle strengthens into
Hurricane Kyle
with predictions that it will make landfall in the
New England
region of the
United States
or
Canada
's
Maritime Provinces
on Sunday.
(Reuters)
The
United States Senate
passes a large spending bill including $25 billion in taxpayer subsidised loans for
automakers
and the end of
offshore drilling
bans.
(AP via Google News)
The
People's Council
of
Turkmenistan
, implementing changes approved in the
Constitution
, passes a vote to abolish itself and allow opposition parties.
(BBC News)
During mission
Shenzhou 7
,
Zhai Zhigang
successfully performs the first spacewalk by a Chinese
astronaut
, as
China
becomes the third country to carry out
extra-vehicular activity
independently.
(CNN)
In Australian football, the
Hawthorn Football Club
defeats the
Geelong Football Club
in the
2008 AFL Grand Final
by 115 points to 89.
(ABC News Australia)
2008 Damascus car bomb
: A suspected
car bomb
targeting a military installation in
Damascus
,
Syria
kills at least 17 and injures 14 others.
(BBC News)
A 12.9 million digit
Mersenne prime
is discovered.
(AP via
Los Angeles Times
)
Government officials announce plans to nationalise British bank
Bradford & Bingley
in the aftermath of the
subprime mortgage crisis
.
(BBC News)
United Nations Security Council
passed
Resolution
1835 on
Iran
, calling for compliance with previous resolutions, with no further sanctions.
(BBC News)
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